Double Dose of Disco

THE two best Disco DJ's i9n Scotland bring themselves to Newcastle for a Double Dose of Disco !

Al Kent was born in Scotland. His father was an avid record collector and had a cabinet full of them. And Whisky. Everything from Abba and Elvis to the Glitter Band and Buddy Holly was in there. What a load of shit they were. 
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n 1976 Al ran away from home to live in New York. Here, at the age of 8 he started attending the Loft and hanging out with Nicky Siano and a whole bunch of cool New York DJs with Italian names. In 1978 he was arrested for possession of PCP while guesting at Better Days with Tee Scott and deported back to Glasgow, where his dad was now getting into a bit more David Essex. He was shit too. 


So Al opened.his own club in Glasgow, based on his experiences in New York. With his pocket money he flew Richard Long over to kit it out and had Walter Gibbons DJ at the opening party. 
 since then he’s bought lots of records, done the deejaying in lots of places, and recorded an orchestra too. 
For the full story of The Million Dollar Orchestra see the biography, in short the album was recorded in the traditional way, mostly one take, in an analogue studio. The Sound is rich , lush, string laden, beautiful disco music, full of joy with phenomenal musicianship.

Craig SmithAlways listening to, and collecting music as a kid, Craig Smith began searching out club nights that would quench his musical thirst. I

A stalwart on the scene from a young age this eventually lead him to make his DJ'ing debut in 1987 at Edinburgh's legendary club night The Hooch. Craig’s initial influences were boogie, jazz funk, soul and the emerging sounds of rap and house and for him it was a natural progression into the modern production techniques and sounds of dance music. Craig Smith is known for his uncompromising attitude to the music he loves and has always refused to be categorised, preferring instead to be known for playing 'quality dance music”, his sets are a testament to 30 years of telling stories through music.

His recording work has always been met with great critical acclaim. Releases are produced under his own name and various guises such as The Soul Renegades and Sound Signals, and of course his most we known moniker The 6th Borough Project, on labels such as Defected, Atjazz Records, Restless Soul, Delusions Of Grandeur, Soul Heaven, Yoruba Records and his own label Fifty Fathoms Deep. Craig has also remixed tracks for the likes of Roy Ayers, Cevin Fisher, Roland Clark, Lay Far, Moloko, Robert Owens, Michael Watford and Hercules & Love Affair amongst others. Most recently he has released an instrumental hip hop LP under his new Sound Signals guise on SFSB records which has been getting regular plays on Craig Charles show on BBC 6 Music.